Good-Bye Tonsils

Getting your tonsils out, especially at such a young age, is obviously no fun. However, Good-bye Tonsils by Juliana Lee Hatkoff and Craig Hatkoff shows that getting your tonsils out is not all that bad, and could actually be pretty fun! We follow this little girl as she goes to her doctor’s appointment and finds out she needs to get her tonsils out. The authors explain what tonsils are and why they need to come out in terms that young children are able to understand. We are taken through the preparation steps, the operation, and then after. She little girl tells us about her emotions through each step, and in the end we learn that the operation is not all that bad.

This book would be great to read either to your child who just found out he or she has to get his or her tonsils removed, or if a student in class was getting his or hers removed, it would be neat to read this book to the class and have the student tell the class about the experience. I think books like these are important because it jus reassures the child that the operation will go smoothly and there is nothing to be affair of. The illustrations are done in light water color and are very detailed. I definitely want to keep this book around for my future classroom.